Recognised as Colour

#4B090E

#4B090E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#4B090E is a red with RGB values 75, 9, 14 and HSL 355°, 79%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#4B090E#4B090E

HEX#4B090E

RGBrgb(75, 9, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.0353, 0.0549

RGB percentages29.4%, 3.5%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(355.5, 78.6%, 16.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.5, 88%, 29.4%)

CMYK0%, 88%, 81.3%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,917,518

CSS custom property--colour: #4B090E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness41.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.62:1

Contrast with white15.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#B4F6F1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1E1A0Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#2E290Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original

Tritanopia#53000Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 30.8 Brown · ΔE 34 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.7 Dark red · ΔE 35.9 Sienna · ΔE 35.9 Black · ΔE 36.8

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 30.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#094B46

Analogous#4B092F, #4B2509

Triadic#0E4B09, #090E4B

Split complementary#094B25, #092F4B

Tetradic#2F4B09, #094B46, #25094B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E73946

Lighter +30%#D41927

Lighter +20%#A6141F

Lighter +10%#790E16

Darker −10%#1D0405

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#540006

Less saturated −25%#411317

Channel breakdown

R75

B14

Red75 (29.4%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue355.45°

Saturation (HSL)78.57%

Lightness16.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4B · G 09 · B 0E

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